This book starts with a modest historical overview, although I believe that the history of seismic technique deserves much more coverage [...] For the rest, this book is not really about survey design, even though in the last chapter I suggest some rules and advices in that domain. Rather, this is a book about signal and noise. (Preface, Julien Meunier)
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Historical Overview
Introduction
First experiment
Refraction
Reflection
Going offshore
Modern times
Conclusion
Biographies: Who hides behind these names?
Chapter 2: Elementary Theoretical Recapitulation
Introduction
Mathematics Physics
Data domains
Conclusion
Chapter 3: Components of Seismic Acquisition
Introduction
Seismic sources
Land surface sources
Seismic receivers
Seismic cables
Seismic recorders
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Signal and Noise
Introduction
Signal
Noise
Order of magnitude
Signal-to-noise ratio
Conclusion
Chapter 5: Vibroseis: A Very Special Source
Introduction
Vibrator principle
Vibrator signals
Vibrator limits
Distortion
Simultaneous acquisition
Where do we want to go?
Conclusion
Chapter 6: Acquisition-geometry Survey Design
Introduction
Noise constraints
Signal constraints
Errors: The lessons of 4D seismic surveys
Parameter selection
Conclusion
Epilogue
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
References
Index
